The San Francisco Bay Area's best
source
for music, entertainment, complete event planning
GENERAL INFO ON OUR ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES BELOW:
Our European connection-- Bay Area
blues artist Mz. Dee and B-3/piano player Linda Wiggins were met with an enthusiastic audience
at their 2005 performances in Paris at a renowned Paris R&B/blues club.
It was a return engagement for Linda since she had performed there in 2002
with another Bay Area vocalist, Pam Hawkins. Mz. Dee has performed at several
prominent European festivals, including the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy
(Dec 2004, July, 2005 & 2007).Linda is currently setting up European
engagements for 2009 (European festival promoters and club owners should
email her with open dates).
San Francisco Bay Area events (2004-June, 2007) --Linda was the featured headliner at San Francisco's
Biscuits & Blues in November 2004. She performed (with Jules Broussard)
at the S.F. Fillmore Jazz Festival, and at the reknown Sweetwater in Mill
Valley (with "Rhythm City" --R&B).Mz. Dee, accompanied by
Linda Wiggins, Bill Norwood, Bing Nathan and Don Ramsey performed some jazzy
swing on the radio (March 2006 and with singer Frankye Kelly in March 2007)for
KGO Radio's Cure-A-Thon during the Ray Taliaferro show.
San Francisco Bay Area events (Fall 2008):
Linda recently played a Caribbean cruise (Aruba, Panama, Columbia, Jamaica,
Costa Rica). She's playing several events in early October, but only 2 are public ----both at a fun restaurant / night
club that has no cover charge. Oct 11 & 18 (8pm-12mid) Linda is singing
playing piano, organ & left hand bass in 4 pc dance band...at Nick's,
located at 100 Rockaway Beach Avenue in Rockaway Beach (it's the charming
beachside town on Hwy 1...just north of Pacifica...only c. 20 minutes from
San Francisco. They play a wide variety of dance music at this club (and
they do take requests).
The band is available for fall 2008 & 2009 parties
and weddings, and selected tour dates.
This week's musician's joke: What is the difference
between a blues band and a jazz band?
A blues band plays 5 notes for 10,000 people, and a jazz band plays 10,000
notes for...
Entertainment for your
COMPANY PARTY
Whether you're starting from scratch, and need an
event planner (site, catering, decor, entertainment), or you need just
one aspect, such as background music for
an on site party, a jazz pianist or jazz combo,
hot dance band for your holiday shindig, a
D.J. for your awards dinner dance, a zoot suited
"retro" band for hip ambiance, a national
celebrity like "BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY",
"BIG BANG BEAT", "K.C. & the SUNSHINE BAND", "PRIDE
& JOY", etc. (to celebrate your company's outstanding year), Cajun
band & barbecue for your picnic, a photographer to immortalize the event,
or any number of miscellaneous or unique
options, we can handle it all for you. Our references are impeccable...
from all the Silicon Valley stars to San Francisco's old and new guard,
to many wonderful companies through the Greater Bay Area. (Faxed proposals
with references within 24 hours).A brief description of our Company
Party expertise.
Music for Your WEDDING
We take pride in helping a bride finding the perfect music for her wedding....we
make it easy and even fun. We have several delightful options for wedding
ceremony music, whether you want the traditional
(string quartet) or the unique (brass quintet). An elegant jazz
combo (during cocktails and/or dinner) sets the perfect ambiance. An
overall perfect choice would be "Linda
Wiggins and her band. Linda can play background
jazz on the piano during cocktails, the band
can play jazz during dinner, and then launch into the wonderful variety
of dance music they can play. To hear some of their mp3 sound files (jazz
and dance music) go to the band's webpage.
For the reception, we have a roster of excellent dance
bands, as well as several disc jockeys to
choose from, and they'll play the music you want. Our wedding coordinator
is available to help guide you through the details. Be sure to see our "10 Most Common Mistakes in Wedding Planning"
or request our pamphlet. We can act as Event Planner, and find you the hall,
caterer, flowers, etc also. Tip for First Dance choices, the 3 most popular
this year are: "At Last" (Etta James), "The Way You Look
Tonight" (Frank Sinatra) and "Have I Told You Lately?" (orig
recorded by both Van Morrison and Rod Stewart). If you want some suggestions
for a hall, we can email you a list of our favorite halls. We've already
posted some hall ideas, for the East Bay.
Entertainment for your PRIVATE
PARTY
Whether you need a dance band, D.J., solo pianist, jazz combo, rock band, caracaturist, string quartet, jazz band, mariachi group, or one
of our other options, we have the best. (See our Entertainment Roster).
We've provided music for most of the area's top country clubs, as well as
hundreds of garden parties, anniversaries, theme parties, etc. Every year,
we provide bands for many holiday parties..as
well as birthday parties, anniversary parties, get togethers for singles
clubs, etc. We have a wealth of ideas for themes, decorations, entertainment,
and food for private parties. It's truly "one stop shopping".
